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Post by
asakawa
damage, yes, but don't worry about DL, it's all about DS.
(PvE)
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Post by
skribs
Talents like Shadow Mastery and Soul Siphon (siphon life is a different talent - not trying to be a grammar nazi but you have to talk about the right talent when you ask a question - it would be like a destro lock referring to Incinerate as "Shadow Bolt"), which say "Increases the damage dealt or life drained" increase the damage, and as a result the healing.
DL and DS are both considered "drains" so the tooltips say "amount drained." DS doesn't actually return life, so logically a talent which applies to both is referring to the damage. Now, the amount healed is increased indirectly. For example, if a 500 tick from DL heals you for 500, then increasing the damage by 20% (to 600) would also increase the amount healed by 20% (to 600).
Asakawa, I believe DL matters
in PvP
in solo questing/farming (particularly aoe) or levelling
in PvE when your healer dies, is out of LOS, OOM, etc
in instances when your tank and healer are both afk so you drain tank (more likely at lower levels)
Post by
asakawa
Asakawa, I believe DL matters
in PvP
in solo questing/farming (particularly aoe) or levelling
in PvE when your healer dies, is out of LOS, OOM, etc
in instances when your tank and healer are both afk so you drain tank (more likely at lower levels)
i did say PvE and i meant end-game. at this point i barely remember levelling my lock, especially early levels (1-60).
DL isn't on my action bar.
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Post by
asakawa
yup. i'm ally all the way (1 gnome, 1 human and 3 nelfs at 80) though i sometimes wish i'd rolled orc all those years ago.
Post by
skribs
Oh I remember back in the day warlocks drain-tanking a whole phase in the (blue I think it was) beam on netherspite and then putting up a MASSIVE curse of doom at the end.
Post by
asakawa
bah, if you (over geared it and) could get a healer who
really
liked you, you could sit in blue and just nuke ^_^
that made for some big numbers!
but, yes, i'm not saying it is utterly obsolete, just that it's not the reason soul siphon is found in every cookie cutter PvE aff spec.
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